Nkemdiche won't have decision until next year

Friday

Nov 9, 2012 at 12:01 AMNov 10, 2012 at 1:40 AM

Phil Kornblut

DE Robert Nkemdiche of Grayson, GA, who decommitted from Clemson last Sunday and announced the move Thursday, said after his game Friday night he won't make up his mind again until after the turn of the year. “I’m not sure I will take all five visits," Nkemdiche told Michael Carvell of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "But my decision will probably come out sometime in January. Or whenever I feel like I am ready, I’ll commit. I still got to think about things. I’ve got to sit back, pray to God, and just see what I’m feeling.”” Nkemdiche said he's not thinking about colleges right now and is focusing on his high school team. Nkemdiche said different things factored into his decision to decommit, and it was his decision alone to take that action. "I felt like if I de-commit it gives me a chance to really back up and see, take a step back, and really pay attention to other schools, instead of (people) saying ‘Oh, he’s cheating on Clemson with other schools.’ Now they can’t say anything. I can pay attention to Grayson. It was a my decision. I told my parents; my parents didn’t even know. But it was kind of a my decision. I was just feeling like I wanted (to do it).” Nkemdiche said he's still considering Clemson and added that that Tiger coaches were caught off guard by his move. “They were like ‘wow.’ They were surprised," he said. "But they couldn’t really do much. So they just told me to keep them in mind." And when it comes to that final, final decision, Nkemdiche said he, and no one else, will make the call. "People think it’s my family or my mom doing everything, but no — it’s me," Nkemdiche told the AJC. "I’m still making the decision on my own. My mom didn’t make me de-commit. I de-committed. People are always saying ‘His mom did this.’ But no, it’s me (making the decisions).”

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